[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.1573 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1573 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1573 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1573) It is mentioned in the \*Āvaśyaka cūrṇi\* that the three lakes were built here.⁶³⁴ Puskara is mentioned as a holy place in the \*Mahābhārata\* (III. 80 20). It is identified with modern Pushkar lake six miles from Ajmer.⁶³⁵ - [Previous: c19.1572](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1572) - [Next: c19.1574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1574) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.80.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1573) · Pramāṇa